Pedicularis klotzschii subsp. lutescens (Prain) T. Husain, Arti Garg & P. Agnihotri (2010: 199)

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24. Pedicularis klotzschii subsp. lutescens (Prain) T. Husain, Arti Garg & P. Agnihotri (2010: 199) .

≡ Pedicularis macrantha var. lutescens Prain (1889: 267) .

Protologue citation:—“ P. ochroleuca Duthie ; Maxim., Mel. Biol. xii., 790, t. 1, f. 5, (not of Schlosser). WESTERN HIMALAYA : Kamaon, 14–15000 feet, in Nipschang Valley; West Nepal, at Nampa Gadh, (Duthie nn. 3219! 5848!)”.

≡ Pedicularis ochroleuca Duthie ex Maxim. ( Maximowicz 1888: 530) , nom. illeg., non Schloss. ( Schlosser 1862: 71).

Protologue citation:—“Kumaon: Darma, valle Niptschang, 14–15000’ s. m. (Duthie! n. 3219: flower cream coloured with purple falcate upper lip)”.

Type:— INDIA. Uttarakhand: Kumaon, near Bidang in Dhauli Valley , 14,000–15000 ft., 4 Sept. 1884, Duthie 3219 (lectotype CAL0000018953 !, designated here) ; isolectotypes DD!, K000823792!

Notes:—Pertaining to the type specification given in protologue, three syntypes specimens were traced for the name P. ochroleuca Duthie ex Maxim. , one each at CAL, DD and K. Of these, the best one CAL0000018953, is designated here as the lectotype.

Prain (1889) cited P. ochroleuca Duthie ex Maxim. under synonym while describing P. macrantha var. lutescens . He also cited the types of P. ochroleuca Duthie ex Maxim. under P. macrantha var. lutescens . According to Art. 6.13 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018) “a name not explicitly proposed as a substitute for an earlier name and not covered by Art. 6.12 may be treated either as a replacement name or as the name of a new taxon […]. Decision on the status of such a name is to be based on predominant usage and is to be effected by means of appropriate type designation”. Here we decide to treat the name P. macrantha var. lutescens as a replacement name for P. ochroleuca Duthie ex Maxim. by means typification.